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June 6th
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Years
2013
1 show
1 tape
2001
1 show
1 tape
2000
15 shows
15 tapes
1999
25 shows
26 tapes
1998
20 shows
20 tapes
1997
12
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d1254m
30d1254m
7 shows
7 tapes
1996
2 shows
2 tapes
1995
1 show
1 tape
1994
1 show
1 tape
1999
1/2/99
banter - Dan Burns appreciation
1:07
Michigan Militia
3:18
banter - media coverage
5:08
Horseshoes
4:22
banter - Bill Clinton
2:41
Stuck In The 90s
4:27
banter - racial harmony in Canada
1:41
The Kids' Song
3:07
banter - favorite time of the night
2:08
The Present Tense Tureen
3:28
Johnny Saucep'n
1:35
banter - taking up smoking
3:22
Downsizing
7:02
banter - Canadian rock
1:46
You Can't Be Too Careful
3:12
banter - a trip to central Ontario
0:57
Pisco Bandito
3:02
banter - trouble on planet Earth/THC
1:52
You Will Go To The Moon
2:07
Darlington Darling
3:26
Psycho Killer
5:03
encore break
0:38
banter - sneaking in
1:41
The Drinking Song / Goodnight Irene
5:36
thanks
0:22
intro / funny banter
2:59
Half As Much
2:08
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
3:31
banter - Starbucks boycotters
1:02
My Poor Generation
3:39
banter - working in a dog food store
1:49
I Love My Boss
3:33
banter - expectorating/improv tune/commercial
3:29
Sad Girl
3:32
banter - only chance to sweat
1:26
Jane Fonda's Leopard Skin Tights *
2:30
Toby The Crew Guy *
0:43
Sleepy Drinker
2:29
Boo Time
3:48
banter - 1st American gig
2:06
The Greatest Man In America
3:14
banter - bands Rush / Chicago / America / Europe
2:19
Pieri -> *
2:43
Beds Are Burning
1:12
banter - band name
2:47
I Will Hold On
4:22
The King Of Spain ->
5:34
Green Eggs And Ham ->
4:57
B.J. Don't Cry
3:28
thanks (over "Love Potion" groove) ->
1:48
Love Potion No. 9 medley +
4:35
encore break
1:50
banter - Arctic live
0:36
Spiderman Theme
2:15
banter - inviting out Dan Bern
0:22
Jerusalem ^
5:00
crowd
0:45
FIN
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Taper: Scott Bernstein
2:39:39
Rating:
10.00 / 1 rating
Taper:
Scott Bernstein
Transferrer:
Scott Bernstein
SHNID:
moxy1999-01-02.tlm170.flac16
Source:
FOB Audience
Lineage:
Original master recording Neumann TLM-170 (subcardiods FOB) -> Sonosax SX-M1 -> Tascam DA-P1 DAT (master @ 16/48) DAT playback: Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Volume normalization, some clap removal. Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter. Then dithered to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.
Taper Notes:
View NotesDan Bern's sets from this night are posted here: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/danbern1999-01-02.tlm170.flac16" rel="nofollow">http://www.archive.org/details/danbern1999-01-02.tlm170.flac16</a> * = improv songs + = w/Ohio, Stayin' Alive, Who Will Save Your Soul, Barbie Girl, Thank U, Love Shack bits ^ = w/Dan Bern on guitar/vocals This was the last of a 3 night co-billed run with Dan Bern, with an early and late show each night. Dan & Moxy switched off who was opening and closing each night, I believe, and on this night, Dan played first. Taper notes: As a companion to BARN110 -- the Dan Bern show from 1/2/99, BARN111 features Moxy Fruvous' sets from the same night. Moxy and Dan were co-billed for a 3 night New Years' Eve (+ Jan 1 and 2) run at the esteemed (though slightly loved and mostly hated at the same time) Bottom Line. They alternated who opened and who closed each night, and on this night Dan played first and Moxy got to close each set. Though I'd heard their "My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors" and "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" in very regular rotation as a listener of <a href="http://www.wfuv.org" rel="nofollow">WFUV</a> here in NYC, this was my first and only time seeing this band live. I went to this show as a Dan Bern fan, and got the Moxy sets as a bonus. I really enjoyed seeing this band, and even though I don't believe I have ever listened to this recording since the night I recorded it (until now, that is), I still had very clear memories to this day of the chemistry and pure joy this band brought to the stage -- as much for the music they performed as the hilarious stage banter between the members and chemistry they had with each other. Frankly if this band didn't have a career in music, these Canadians would have made a great comedy troupe -- a la "The State" or "The Kids In The Hall", or "Stella". Just a short listen to most of the (often rather lengthy, sometimes as long as the music surrounding) banter is sure to get you giggling in your seat! Track 3 in the early show is a perfect example -- where they dish on the poor reviews they've gotten in the media, particularly the preview of this show they got in the then-new "Time Out New York" magazine. Or hilariously referring (in the early show) to Dan Bern as "Dan Burns", Scottish singer. They of course knew his real name -- but they played it so straight, eventually a Dan Bern fan in the audience felt the need to yell out and correct them! During some of their late show banter they jokingly riff on some of Dan's songs. But really, any of the banter makes for good entertainment. How to describe them? Well, there are songs with keys, banjos, guitars, bass, congas (but no kit drums), accordion, a capella tunes -- some very political, some extremely comedic ("The King Of Spain"), some very happy/poppy, some dirge-like, some made up right on the spot, and a few covers -- a spot-on version of The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" an at-least-as-good-as-the-original cover of Tom Waits' "Jockey Full Of Bourbon", and funky versions of Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs And Ham" (a decade before it was trendy for bands to release kids' records), the original "Spiderman" theme, and The Searchers' "Love Potion No. 9" with a crazy mashup of other tunes in the middle. This was the only night of the 3 night run that I made it to, unfortunately. I went to Phish at MSG on New Years' Eve, and then to see local heroes (at the time) Deep Banana Blackout play 2 1/2 more sets after Phish at Wetlands -- and that show probably ended sometime between 6 and 8AM, which led to me sleeping most of the day away on Jan 1, and there was no way I was making it out to The Bottom Line for that show. But, I HAD to motivate on Jan 2....so this was the only one of the run I got to see. Again, this BARN is dedicated to Alex Prestin, who specifically asked me about this recording 2 summers ago at moe.down. He said that even though we didn't know each other back then, he recalled seeing a pair of Neumann TLM170s set up at this show and figured all these years later they must have been mine. And he was right! So it just goes to show that I do take into account all requests -- even if it takes me 2 1/2 years to get around to them. :) FYI, Moxy Fruvous served as the backing band for Dan for a significant portion of his late show, so go check it out here: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/danbern1999-01-02.tlm170.flac16" rel="nofollow">http://www.archive.org/details/danbern1999-01-02.tlm170.flac16</a> This band broke up more than 10 years ago and you can't see them anymore, so I hope you enjoy this little bit of history. Enjoy! Scott Recorded, transferred (July 2011), mastered (12/6-7/2011), and posted (12/8/2011) by Scott Bernstein. 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